Scientists are a friendly, atheistic, hard-working lot whose minds are preoccupied with sex, chess and baseball when they are not preoccupied with science.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Scientists are portrayed as approachable people with typical human hobbies outside work.
- In plain terms
- Researchers are normal people who like sex, chess, and baseball.
- What can you take from it?
- See professionals as whole humans with diverse interests.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What are your non-work interests?
- Do you stereotype professionals?
Another view
It relies on dated cultural references.
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